Although the administrator and board of education are primarily responsible for teacher employment in small school districts, the community can provide additional recruitment incentives and should accept some responsibility for a quality education program. Recruitment and maintenance of teachers must become a joint venture between community and…

Uses an interactionist perspective to show community's influence in the well-being of people. Develops thesis that sustenance adequacy and community are social conditions encouraging emergence of the self-actualization motive. Presents hypotheses concerning contributions of various community types to social well-being and suggests community…

An account is given of a highly successful sports, health, and recreation exhibit run by Rutgers University (New Jersey) in a public shopping mall. Organization and entertainment were the keynotes of the success. (LH)

Describes a successful event at a San Francisco shopping mall where young children were read to and parents became acquainted with the importance of reading to preschool children and beginning readers. (DD)

Project STREAM (Special Training in Remedial Education Activities for Mainstreaming), a program providing regular elementary teachers with skills to individualize programs for handicapped children in their regular classrooms, is described. (PHR)

Describes the American Association of Community and Junior Colleges' National Issues Forum on "Energy and the Way We Live." Provides a calendar of events and topics for February, March, and April, 1980. (AYC)

Ways that a school facility administrator can help to rebuild public confidence in the school system. (Author/MLF)

Reports on three successful attempts by college history teachers to reach beyond the classroom by using radio, newspapers, and television. Programs involved pooling resources by a number of colleges, using local facilities, and appealing to local interests. (Author/CK)

Describes the development of social studies and the need to establish its place in the educational curriculum. (RK)

Overviews the history of federal Indian educational policy, examines existing legislation, presents a legal theory for bicultural education, and discusses one Indian community's experience with participation in education, that of the Minnesota Chippewa in Cass Lake, Minnesota, on the Leech Lake Reservation. (Author/JM)

Answers the question "why have parents and other citizens been excluded from school decisions that directly affect them and their children?" noting that "school administrators, teacher organizations, and school boards are not willing to share the controls with parents and other citizens despite complaints about the quality of the educational…

Problems encountered in trying to serve older workers in a comprehensive employment program were found to be transportation, lack of support from the business community, and the negative image of the older worker. Steps taken to solve these problems are described, such as branch employment offices, publicity, volunteer service organizations, and…

A college French department presented "French Day" at a local department store complete with food, costumes, cafe, entertainment and French lessons. (CHK)

The results of the AACJC Center for Community Education survey of 1,275 two year institutions to measure community education/community services are reported, focusing on the nature of the respondents to the survey, cooperation with other agencies, and the nature of community education programs and staff. (JG)